Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Featured Workshop: The felted image: Dream It and Design It with Heidi Wulfraat

Detail: Arnold's Poppies, Heidi Wulfraat

a workshop for those who wish to explore and develop their own personal style and sensibilities through this exciting medium.

Work on developing your own design from concept to execution. We will examine the many and varied techniques and materials that may be applied to achieve your desired effect.

Explore pattern making and design, needle felting by hand, felting by machine , wet felting, sculptural relief, heat embossing, embroidery, and beading. you will choose techniques and applications that appeal to you and will further your design.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

refresh your moisturizer, pick out a lovely new moisturizer to maintain smooth, healthy hands all the better to create with.

freeze your wool, use the winds of January to your advantage. Set your stash out to freeze. A series of freezing and thawing sessions will keep your natural fibres healthy and free of damaging insects.

organize your stash, what better time than the start of a new year to re-group your fibres, yarns and fabrics. I like to arrange according to colour.

divide and distribute your soap, cut scented bars of soap into small segments and scatter them throughout your stash. not only will your supplies smell lovely, clean fresh scents particularly mint and lavender will fend off harmful fibre loving insects.

Monday, December 14, 2009

I am leading a sketch book group on "Rug Hooking Daily", which is rolling right along.This month our warm up exercise is to make a quick sketch using your non-dominant hand.Our sketching/ scrapbooking theme for the month of December is "family". Want to join in? You're more than welcome. Check it out Here

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Heidi Wulfraat comes to fibre from both an intimate and an academic perspective. She holds a BSc in animal science as well as certification with the City and guilds of London England (creative techniques: textiles) with distinction. Her hooked rugs have been internationally awarded and her multi-disciplined textile work has received numerous publications. Heidi’s London-Wul fibre arts, remains a national Award winning shop, studio and learning centre.

She lives with her husband and their much-loved dogs, sheep, goats and angora rabbits on a small no-kill, no-sell farm in New Brunswick Canada.